HEALD, William Henry, a Representative from Delaware;
born in Wilmington, Del., August 27, 1864;
was graduated from the public schools of Wilmington, from the University of Delaware at Newark in 1883 and from the law department of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1888;
national bank examiner for the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon 1888-1892;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wilmington, Del., in 1897;
postmaster of Wilmington 1901-1905;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1912;
resumed the practice of law in Wilmington, Del.;
also engaged in banking;
member of the board of trustees of the University of Delaware 1915-1939 and served as president from 1936 until his death;
died in Wilmington, Del., June 3, 1939;
interment in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.